In fact, I'd never seen one, had never even heard of one, til a few weeks ago. Did a little research; it sounded quite promising. 2 6v6, 30 watts claimed. that's interesting right there, I was guessing SS rectifcation and high voltage. So I checked it out yesterday. Mid 70s vintage, in excellent shape, clean and little used:
Plugged into my 2x12. Real sweet sound. Not scooped in the mids. Not tweed raw or loose. Has its own thing. Plenty of volume, doesn't sound of feel tube rectified. As it gets louder, paired notes start to "push" together. Hard to describe, but it's something I look for in an amp. You can feel as well as hear the notes. Anyway, I traded for it, got it home and posted pics to the Garnet Yahoo site. They provided a schematic and several questions. Turns out this amp has a third, small transformer (only supposed to have two), and a mystery tube. Probably a tube rectifier. Replacement filter cap can. A bias adjustment pot (thank you lord!!) and hardwired 4/8 ohm outputs, replacing the stock, mickey mouse ohm switching scheme.
Inside:
Why have I not seen more of these? Beautiful tones.
MD
Plugged into my 2x12. Real sweet sound. Not scooped in the mids. Not tweed raw or loose. Has its own thing. Plenty of volume, doesn't sound of feel tube rectified. As it gets louder, paired notes start to "push" together. Hard to describe, but it's something I look for in an amp. You can feel as well as hear the notes. Anyway, I traded for it, got it home and posted pics to the Garnet Yahoo site. They provided a schematic and several questions. Turns out this amp has a third, small transformer (only supposed to have two), and a mystery tube. Probably a tube rectifier. Replacement filter cap can. A bias adjustment pot (thank you lord!!) and hardwired 4/8 ohm outputs, replacing the stock, mickey mouse ohm switching scheme.
Inside:
Why have I not seen more of these? Beautiful tones.
MD